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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Jan 31, 2016, 8:28 AM CST for 4 states. It took effect at Jan 31, 2016, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 31, 2016, 8:28 AM CST (14:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 31, 2016, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 31, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
All 27 counties
Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Greene County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Lee County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Randolph County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Panola County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Dyer County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 67 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 878 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 374 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 379 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
089 WWUS74 KMEG 311428 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 828 AM CST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE DELTA COUNTIES TODAY... .A TIGHTENING GRADIENT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL CAUSE STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS TO DEVELOP OVER THE DELTA COUNTIES TODAY. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT MOVES INTO THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 007-008-010>012-020-TNZ001-002-019-048-049-088-010000- /O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0001.160131T1500Z-160201T0000Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-LAKE-OBION- DYER-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...PIGGOTT...CORNING... WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO...HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE... WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY...MARIANNA...HELENA... WEST HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN... OLIVE BRANCH...TUNICA...SENATOBIA...CLARKSDALE...MARKS... BATESVILLE...CHARLESTON...TIPTONVILLE...UNION CITY...DYERSBURG... RIPLEY TN...COVINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE... MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON 828 AM CST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...FROM 9 AM CST SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE VULNERABLE TO THE WINDS AND SHOULD BE BROUGHT INSIDE OR TIED DOWN. DRIVING MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED...OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JAB JAB
1 follow-up statement
019 WWUS74 KMEG 010002 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 602 PM CST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...WINDY CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED OVER MID-SOUTH... .THE GUSTY SOUTH WINDS THAT HAVE BEEN BLOWING DURING THE DAY HAVE SUBSIDED. BECAUSE OF THIS...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 007-008-010>012-020-TNZ001-002-019-048-049-088-010115- /O.EXP.KMEG.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160201T0000Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-LAKE-OBION- DYER-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...PIGGOTT...CORNING... WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO...HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE... WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY...MARIANNA...HELENA... WEST HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN... OLIVE BRANCH...TUNICA...SENATOBIA...CLARKSDALE...MARKS... BATESVILLE...CHARLESTON...TIPTONVILLE...UNION CITY...DYERSBURG... RIPLEY TN...COVINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE... MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON 602 PM CST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... $$
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.